The Three Stooges (2012)... Brain Candy of the Highest Order.
(Now airing on your cable premium movie channels or on-demand.)
Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
Written by: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly and Mike Cerrone
The Farelley Brothers have done it again. The comedy siblings that brought us , There's Something About Mary, Shallow Hal, Dumb and Dumber, The Heartbreak Kid, and more, have popped off the lens cap once again to recreate the mad cap trio of Moe, Larry and Curly, also known as...The Three Stooges. The lovable loons who miraculously eluded the generation gap since 1934 and for decades have defined the timeless art of slapstick humor.
If you were a loyal fan of the original Three Stooges television show then this movie is a can't miss. The film spans three phases of the Stooges lives from infants left on the orphanage steps, to lovable ten year olds, then ultimately as the adults we've all known and loved for years. Amazingly the ten year old characters are a dead on likeness of how you would have expected these guys to look and act at that age. Even more entertaining is how close a recreation the adult cast is of the originals. These actors positively nailed it.
The adult cast stars Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe (Under New Management), Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) as Larry and Will Sasso (MADtv) as Curly. The film also features Jane Lynch (Glee) as Mother Superior, Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) as Lydia and Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) is a riot as Sister Mary-Mengele. Also sharing the screen in smaller roles are Jennifer Hudson, Kate Upton, and, believe or not, ... the cast of The Jersey Shore.
Growing up as a kid if your mom thought something was silly and mindless but your dad just couldn't stop laughing then it's pretty certain you had locked on to something that will have you laughing for a lifetime. Take for example the Pink Panther series of movies starring Peter Sellers. My dad and I thought those flicks were a riot, while my mom would look at us like we had lost our minds. The same held true in my early adulthood with the sitcom Married with Children. This show still leaves me in stitches while mom just shakes her head wondering where she went wrong.
The same could be said about the The Three Stooges. From the time I was five years old to this ripe old age of fifty those zany goofballs still make me bellow and tear with laughter. But now it's my wife who looks at me and wonders how I could actually earn a paycheck and still find this stuff funny.
So if you are anything like me then I'm pretty sure you are going to get quite a charge out of this movie. The three main characters are so convincing at times you will forget you are watching a recreation and swear you are sitting in your basement as a kid and watching old episodes on some fuzzy UHF station. (OK, now is the time to turn to your children or grandchildren and remind them of those darker days when there was no such thing as cable or satellite TV.)
This 90 minute romp is brain candy of the highest order. If you're looking for a break from the news and worries of the day then make yourself a hot dog, pour yourself a beer and settle in for a laugh you won't soon forget.
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All my very best,
Anthony Caraffa
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